Centaurea {genus} - Tracheophyta; Magnoliopsida; Asterales; Asteraceae; Carduoideae;

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Sub-taxa

Species (298)
  1. Centaurea achtarovii [1]
  2. Centaurea aegialophila [1]
  3. Centaurea aeolica [1]
  4. Centaurea aetolica [1]
  5. Centaurea affinis [1]
  6. Centaurea aggregata [2]
  7. Centaurea akamantis [1]
  8. Centaurea aladaghensis [1]
  9. Centaurea alba [3]
  10. Centaurea alba subsp. alba [1]
  11. Centaurea alba subsp. costae [1]
  12. Centaurea alba subsp. latronum [1]
  13. Centaurea albonitens [1]
  14. Centaurea alexandrina [1]
  15. Centaurea amadanensis [1]
  16. Centaurea ambigua [1]
  17. Centaurea amblensis [1]
  18. Centaurea ammocyanus [1]
  19. Centaurea amourensis [1]
  20. Centaurea angustifolia [1]
  21. Centaurea antalyensis [1]
  22. Centaurea antennata [1]
  23. Centaurea antitauri [1]
  24. Centaurea aphrodisea [1]
  25. Centaurea aplolepa [3]
  26. Centaurea arachnoidea [3]
  27. Centaurea argecillensis [8]
  28. Centaurea argentea [1]
  29. Centaurea armena [1]
  30. Centaurea arrigonii [2]
  31. Centaurea aspera [3]
  32. Centaurea aspromontana [1]
  33. Centaurea aucheri [1]
  34. Centaurea avilae [1]
  35. Centaurea aziziana [1]
  36. Centaurea babylonica [1]
  37. Centaurea behen [4]
  38. Centaurea belangeriana [1]
  39. Centaurea benedicta [10]
  40. Centaurea biebersteinii [3]
  41. Centaurea boissieri [2]
  42. Centaurea boissieri subsp. boissieri [1]
  43. Centaurea borjae [1]
  44. Centaurea borysthenica [1]
  45. Centaurea breviceps [1]
  46. Centaurea brugueriana [3]
  47. Centaurea bruguierana [5]
  48. Centaurea bugellensis [2]
  49. Centaurea busambarensis [1]
  50. Centaurea caballeroi [2]
  51. Centaurea cabardensis [1]
  52. Centaurea cachinalensis [1]
  53. Centaurea cadmea [1]
  54. Centaurea calcitrapa [20]
  55. Centaurea calolepis [1]
  56. Centaurea cankiriensis [1]
  57. Centaurea carduiformis [1]
  58. Centaurea cariensis [1]
  59. Centaurea carolipauana [3]
  60. Centaurea carratracensis [1]
  61. Centaurea cataonica [1]
  62. Centaurea centauroides [1]
  63. Centaurea cephalariifolia [3]
  64. Centaurea ceratophylla [1]
  65. Centaurea cf. spinosociliata AH-2014 [1]
  66. Centaurea cheiranthifolia [1]
  67. Centaurea cheirolepidioides [1]
  68. Centaurea cheirolopha [1]
  69. Centaurea chrysantha [1]
  70. Centaurea cineraria [4]
  71. Centaurea clementei [1]
  72. Centaurea collina [2]
  73. Centaurea corcubionensis [1]
  74. Centaurea corymbosa [1]
  75. Centaurea cristata [3]
  76. Centaurea crocata [1]
  77. Centaurea crocodylium [1]
  78. Centaurea cuneifolia [1]
  79. Centaurea cyanoides [2]
  80. Centaurea cyanus [29]
  81. Centaurea debdouensis [1]
  82. Centaurea decipiens [1]
  83. Centaurea deflexa [1]
  84. Centaurea delicatula [1]
  85. Centaurea depressa [8]
  86. Centaurea derderiifolia [1]
  87. Centaurea deusta [3]
  88. Centaurea deustiformis [1]
  89. Centaurea dichroa [1]
  90. Centaurea dichroantha [1]
  91. Centaurea diffusa [29]
  92. Centaurea diluta [12]
  93. Centaurea diomedea [1]
  94. Centaurea diospolitana [1]
  95. Centaurea donetzica [3]
  96. Centaurea drabifolia [1]
  97. Centaurea ebenoides [1]
  98. Centaurea elbrusensis [1]
  99. Centaurea emigrantis [3]
  100. Centaurea ensiformis [1]
  101. Centaurea epirota [2]
  102. Centaurea eriophora [1]
  103. Centaurea erycina [1]
  104. Centaurea euboica [1]
  105. Centaurea exarata [2]
  106. Centaurea fenzlii [1]
  107. Centaurea ferulacea [2]
  108. Centaurea filiformis [8]
  109. Centaurea fischeri [1]
  110. Centaurea fuscomarginata [1]
  111. Centaurea gabrielisblancae [1]
  112. Centaurea gadorensis [1]
  113. Centaurea gaubae [1]
  114. Centaurea giardinae [1]
  115. Centaurea glastifolia [1]
  116. Centaurea glehnii [2]
  117. Centaurea glomerata [1]
  118. Centaurea granatensis [1]
  119. Centaurea grbavacensis [1]
  120. Centaurea gymnocarpa [2]
  121. Centaurea haenseleri [1]
  122. Centaurea hermannii [1]
  123. Centaurea hierapolitana [1]
  124. Centaurea horrida [4]
  125. Centaurea hyssopifolia [2]
  126. Centaurea iberica [12]
  127. Centaurea imperialis [1]
  128. Centaurea inexpectata [2]
  129. Centaurea involucrata [4]
  130. Centaurea ionica [1]
  131. Centaurea isaurica [1]
  132. Centaurea jacea [39]
  133. Centaurea jacea x nigra [3]
  134. Centaurea jacea x phrygia [3]
  135. Centaurea jaennensis [1]
  136. Centaurea janeri [2]
  137. Centaurea jankae [1]
  138. Centaurea japygica [1]
  139. Centaurea jordaniana [2]
  140. Centaurea josiae [3]
  141. Centaurea kandavanensis [1]
  142. Centaurea kotschyana [1]
  143. Centaurea kotschyi [2]
  144. Centaurea kunkelii [1]
  145. Centaurea kurdica [1]
  146. Centaurea lagascana [4]
  147. Centaurea lainzii [1]
  148. Centaurea langei [1]
  149. Centaurea legionisseptimae [1]
  150. Centaurea leonidia [1]
  151. Centaurea leptophylla [1]
  152. Centaurea leucadea [1]
  153. Centaurea leucophaea [1]
  154. Centaurea lingulata [8]
  155. Centaurea linifolia [2]
  156. Centaurea litardierei [3]
  157. Centaurea litigiosa [2]
  158. Centaurea litochorea [1]
  159. Centaurea luristanica [1]
  160. Centaurea lycopifolia [1]
  161. Centaurea lydia [1]
  162. Centaurea macrocephala [7]
  163. Centaurea magistrorum [2]
  164. Centaurea maramarosiensis [1]
  165. Centaurea mariana [1]
  166. Centaurea marmarosiensis [2]
  167. Centaurea melitensis [21]
  168. Centaurea mesopotamica [2]
  169. Centaurea mollis [2]
  170. Centaurea montaltensis [1]
  171. Centaurea montana [19]
  172. Centaurea monticola [1]
  173. Centaurea montis-borlae [3]
  174. Centaurea musarum [1]
  175. Centaurea nana [3]
  176. Centaurea napifolia [4]
  177. Centaurea napulifera [3]
  178. Centaurea napulifera subsp. thirkei [1]
  179. Centaurea nemecii [1]
  180. Centaurea nemoralis [1]
  181. Centaurea nervosa [3]
  182. Centaurea niederi [1]
  183. Centaurea nigra [24]
  184. Centaurea nigrescens [10]
  185. Centaurea nigrofimbria [1]
  186. Centaurea nivea [1]
  187. Centaurea nobilis [1]
  188. Centaurea nyssana [1]
  189. Centaurea ochrocephala [1]
  190. Centaurea odyssei [1]
  191. Centaurea orbelica [2]
  192. Centaurea ornata [5]
  193. Centaurea pallescens [1]
  194. Centaurea pangaea [1]
  195. Centaurea paniculata [1]
  196. Centaurea panormitana [2]
  197. Centaurea paphlagonica [1]
  198. Centaurea parilica [1]
  199. Centaurea parlatoris [1]
  200. Centaurea patula [1]
  201. Centaurea pawlowskii [1]
  202. Centaurea pectinata [2]
  203. Centaurea pelia [1]
  204. Centaurea pentadactyli [2]
  205. Centaurea phrygia [25]
  206. Centaurea phrygia subsp. razgradensis [1]
  207. Centaurea pichleri [7]
  208. Centaurea pichleri subsp. pichleri [2]
  209. Centaurea pinae var. pinae [1]
  210. Centaurea pinardii [1]
  211. Centaurea pindicola [1]
  212. Centaurea podospermifolia [3]
  213. Centaurea polyacantha [1]
  214. Centaurea polypodiifolia [1]
  215. Centaurea pomeliana [2]
  216. Centaurea princeps [1]
  217. Centaurea prolongi [4]
  218. Centaurea protogerberi [1]
  219. Centaurea pseudoaxillaris [1]
  220. Centaurea pseudoleucolepis [1]
  221. Centaurea pseudoscabiosa [1]
  222. Centaurea pseudosinaica [7]
  223. Centaurea pterocaula [1]
  224. Centaurea ptosimopappa [2]
  225. Centaurea ptosimopappoides [1]
  226. Centaurea pubescens [1]
  227. Centaurea pulchella [10]
  228. Centaurea pullata [1]
  229. Centaurea pungens [1]
  230. Centaurea ragusina [1]
  231. Centaurea raphanina [4]
  232. Centaurea resupinata subsp. resupinata [1]
  233. Centaurea resupinata subsp. rifana [2]
  234. Centaurea reuteriana [1]
  235. Centaurea reuteriana var. phrygia [1]
  236. Centaurea rhaetica [3]
  237. Centaurea rhenana [3]
  238. Centaurea rhizantha [1]
  239. Centaurea rigida [1]
  240. Centaurea rupestris [2]
  241. Centaurea saccensis [1]
  242. Centaurea saligna [1]
  243. Centaurea salonitana [1]
  244. Centaurea sarandinakiae [2]
  245. Centaurea saxicola [1]
  246. Centaurea scabiosa [22]
  247. Centaurea sclerolepis [1]
  248. Centaurea sicula (nicaeensis) [7]
  249. Centaurea solstitialis [29]
  250. Centaurea spectabilis [1]
  251. Centaurea sphaerocephala [1]
  252. Centaurea spinosa [1]
  253. Centaurea stapfiana [1]
  254. Centaurea stenolepis [2]
  255. Centaurea sterilis [2]
  256. Centaurea stevenii [1]
  257. Centaurea stoebe [26]
  258. Centaurea stuessyi [1]
  259. Centaurea subtilis [2]
  260. Centaurea sulphurea [5]
  261. Centaurea tauromenitana [2]
  262. Centaurea tchihatcheffii [1]
  263. Centaurea tenacissima [1]
  264. Centaurea tenoreana [1]
  265. Centaurea tenorei [1]
  266. Centaurea thracica [1]
  267. Centaurea toletana [12]
  268. Centaurea tomentella [2]
  269. Centaurea tripontina [2]
  270. Centaurea triumfetti [4]
  271. Centaurea triumfettii [4]
  272. Centaurea triumfettii subsp. adscendens [2]
  273. Centaurea triumfettii subsp. axillaris [3]
  274. Centaurea triumfettii subsp. dominii [2]
  275. Centaurea triumfettii subsp. lugdunensis [1]
  276. Centaurea triumfettii subsp. pirinensis [1]
  277. Centaurea triumfettii subsp. semidecurrens [1]
  278. Centaurea triumfettii subsp. tanaitica [1]
  279. Centaurea triumfettii subsp. triumfettii [2]
  280. Centaurea tuberosa [2]
  281. Centaurea ulrichiorum [1]
  282. Centaurea uniflora [1]
  283. Centaurea vankovii [2]
  284. Centaurea velenovskyi [1]
  285. Centaurea veneris [1]
  286. Centaurea virgata [7]
  287. Centaurea wagenitzii [1]
  288. Centaurea wendelboi [1]
  289. Centaurea werneri [1]
  290. Centaurea wiedemanniana [1]
  291. Centaurea woronowii [1]
  292. Centaurea x forsythiana [1]
  293. Centaurea x moncktonii [1]
  294. Centaurea x psammogena [1]
  295. Centaurea xylobasis [1]
  296. Centaurea yozgatensis [1]
  297. Centaurea zaissanica [1]
  298. Centaurea zuccariniana [3]

Taxon Description (Wikipedia)

BOLD Stats

Specimen Records: 832 Public Records: 745
Specimens with Sequences: 750 Public Species: 290
Specimens with Barcodes: 333 Public BINs: 0
Species: 298          
Species With Barcodes: 50          
           

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Imagery

images representing subtaxa of Centaurea
(Centaurea aspera - UM_ACAZ_0096) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2022) Aurélien Caries Universite Montpellier (Centaurea benedicta - CCDB-22989-F04) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved (2014) Deb Metsger Royal Ontario Museum (Centaurea biebersteinii - MMD 053a) @13 [ ] Copyright (2009) Steven Newmaster University of Guelph BIO Herbarium
(Centaurea calcitrapa - NMW7232) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) National Museum Wales National Museum Wales (Centaurea cyanus - NMW2132) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) National Museum Wales National Museum Wales (Centaurea depressa - H757169) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Centaurea diffusa - CCDB-18322-E7) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) CBG Photography Group Unspecified (Centaurea diluta - CCDB-24908-G09) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum (Centaurea gymnocarpa - H812751) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Centaurea iberica - CCDB-24908-F09) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum (Centaurea jacea - JAG 0165) @13 [ ] Copyright (2009) Steven Newmaster University of Guelph BIO Herbarium (Centaurea jacea x nigra - H757406) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Centaurea jacea x phrygia - H757452) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Centaurea macrocephala - H524546) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Centaurea melitensis - MIRL13-Cmel-08) @11 [ ] Copyright (2018) Unspecified Canadian Food Inspection Agency
(Centaurea montana - BABY-09067) @11 [ ] by (2022) Unspecified B.A. Bennett Herbarium (BABY) (Centaurea nigra - WC-63WP) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) University of Guelph, Canada OAC-BIO Herbarium (Centaurea nigrescens - CCDB-22989-D03) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved (2014) Deb Metsger Royal Ontario Museum
(Centaurea phrygia - H435433) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Centaurea pulchella - Ge00770) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Unspecified Herbarium of South China Botanical Garden (Centaurea raphanina - BGE_00079_B04) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution by TAU herbarium (2025) TAU herbarium Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
(Centaurea rhenana - H757785) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Centaurea scabiosa - NMW2137) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) National Museum Wales National Museum Wales (Centaurea sicula (nicaeensis - MIRL13-Cnic-05) @11 [ ] Copyright (2018) Unspecified Canadian Food Inspection Agency
(Centaurea solstitialis - MTJ-0038) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Mamadi Theresa Sethusa University of Johannesburg (Centaurea stoebe - CCDB-24908-C09) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum (Centaurea sulphurea - MIRL13-Csul-03) @11 [ ] Copyright (2018) Unspecified Canadian Food Inspection Agency
(Centaurea triumfetti - SEL_0425) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Unspecified Tromso University Museum (Centaurea triumfettii - TROM_V_19678_sg) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2016) Unspecified Tromso University Museum (Centaurea virgata - Ge00338) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Unspecified Herbarium of South China Botanical Garden
(Centaurea x moncktonii - CCDB-22989-D04) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved (2014) Deb Metsger Royal Ontario Museum (Centaurea x psammogena - CCDB-22989-H04) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved (2014) Deb Metsger Royal Ontario Museum (Centaurea zaissanica - CCDB-26258-D10) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2016) Evgeny Zibzeev Central Ciberian Botanical Garden
(Centaurea zuccariniana - BGE_00077_A04) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution by TAU herbarium (2025) TAU herbarium Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
(Centaurea zuccariniana)
  Sample ID:
BGE_00077_A04
  License:
CreativeCommons – Attribution by TAU herbarium (2025)
  License Holder:
TAU herbarium, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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